Author: Justin Hendry

Victoria puts critical minerals approvals on fast track

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government will establish critical minerals priority development zones and centralise project approvals as part of a new roadmap designed to unlock rare earth deposits valued at an...

Talent demands soar amid Australia’s tech boom

Posted on   |  by Munir Kotadia
Australia has established a healthy digital economy over the last decade, and Aussie businesses have embraced the latest technologies to take advantage of efficiencies and scale. However, to remain...

$20m AI research centre set up in South Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new AI research centre has been set up in South Australia, bringing together experts from the CSIRO’s digital arm Data61 and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)...

Australia’s new invitation-only innovation visa comes online

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Entrepreneurs, investors and researchers will need to be invited by Immigration minister Tony Burke to apply for Australia’s new National Innovation visa under changes introduced to “target high-calibre migrants”....

Canberra’s anti-GovERP uplift gets underway

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of federal agencies have begun drawing up plans to replace their enterprise resource planning systems in the wake of the government’s disastrous $340 million GovERP project. As...

WA govt unlocks $150m in early-stage VC capital

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Western Australian government has unlocked $150 million in private investment for the state’s startups through a new partnership with local and interstate venture capital firms. Premier Roger Cook...

First project sets ball rolling for NSW manufacturing facility

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NSW’s newly renamed Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility may still be weeks from launch, but that hasn’t stopped it completing its first project with a local industrial engineering company. Ahead...

Australia must find its place in the global AI economy

Posted on   |  by Helen Zhang
The global AI race is fully taking shape. Billions have been invested by leading frontier AI developers like OpenAI in the United States and Huawei in China. Beyond Washington...